EBONY AND IVORY QUADRANT WITH PEEP SIGHT
England, Circa 1791
Unsigned. Ebony "T" frame with inset ivory scale and brass index arm with ivory vernier and tangent screw, peep sight and interchangeable set of three square filters with back sight mirror with tilt adjustment, and four low brass feet. Cross bar with an ivory nameplate engraved "John Holdsworth 1791", probably for the original owner. Lacking box.
Length 14.75". Width 13".
Provenance:
Eldred's, Summer Marine Art Auction, 1994.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.

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